By the midnight of 6th January 2010, when I red Stella Lune's blog, I unintentionally found a posting written by a guest blogger Ninjatoes. Well, as far as I know, there were nothing special about him... until I found his hobby: paper-crafting!
What is paper craft? Well, Ninjatoes described it as:
What is paper craft? Well, Ninjatoes described it as:
"...when you print a page of parts (preferably on some thicker paper) cut them out and fold them, and then glue them together to make your very own 3D paper model of your favourite game/anime/movie character/whatever!"
Looking at his creations, I was astonished and started to wonder if I could also made such things. At a glance, I know that this hobby needs at least one thing, described plainly by one word: determination! Why's that so? Because it takes quite a time and also a lot of effort to cut papers -- which sometimes so small or difficult to cut -- and stick 'em up with a glue -- which sometimes too liquid and hard to deal with -- and finally assemble them up with right spots and angles to be united. Even if you are provided with the templates and detailed instructions, I can guarantee you that they are not as easy to be done as it may look.
Also, Ninjatoes mentioned about a tool called Pepakura Designer. This tool enables you to import a digital 3D model and unfold it into a 2D template, obviously assisting this paper-crafting hobby in an even easier way and enjoyable to do.
Actually, paper craft is not wholly new stuff for me. I had been acquainted with them when I was still a child. I still remembered that there were some children magazine which provided these kinda stuff to play with. I also remembered that I tried to make one in vain, because it was real hard for a child, for God's sake!
Therefore, I started to find anything paper-crafted in the internet until I decided to have a try making Yamaha YZR model. I chose the white version because I just wanted to try to make it, not to make it as perfect as possible. Let's see if I can finish it at all!
Here are the sneak-peak for the work-in-progress parts:
Actually, paper craft is not wholly new stuff for me. I had been acquainted with them when I was still a child. I still remembered that there were some children magazine which provided these kinda stuff to play with. I also remembered that I tried to make one in vain, because it was real hard for a child, for God's sake!
Therefore, I started to find anything paper-crafted in the internet until I decided to have a try making Yamaha YZR model. I chose the white version because I just wanted to try to make it, not to make it as perfect as possible. Let's see if I can finish it at all!
Here are the sneak-peak for the work-in-progress parts:
